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Set against the backdrop of the mafia in Vijayawada, this raw and rugged revenge drama revolves around one man's courageous mission, to destroy the corrupt and greedy government officials, who are in cahoots with the local mafia.

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Spiced with all the elements of modern cinema, this romantic drama follows the love story of Durga and Anitha. The lovers are all set to marry and settle down into a blissful family life, until tragedy strikes.

Durga is shattered and shocked when he finds out that his brother Mohanakrishna has been mercilessly murdered by the greedy, corrupt and cruel Gurunarayana, who also happens to be the local MLA.

Inconsolable, Durga is forced to embark on a mission to decimate the powerful local mafia and all the corrupt government officials enabling it, beginning with Gurunarayana.

This movie became a blockbuster success and also went on to win many awards and accolades including six state Nandi Awards,

While this movie marks the debut for Rasool as an independent cameraman, its success was definitely a step in the ladder that saw him rise to become director, successfully making movies like 'Okariki Okaru', 'Bhageeratha', and 'Sangamam'.

E. Nivas who made the audio cover design for this film and also appeared in the picturization of Nizam-u pOri... became a Bollywood director with movies like 'Shool' and 'Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karegaa!'.

This movie marks the debut of Sri as a music director.

The assistant cameraman for this movie Arun, later became a successful cameraman with many movies under his belt. He also played a cameo role in this movie, enacting the role of the guy who gets killed in the petrol bunk. The scene was shot near his house in Ameerpet.

A bulk of the filming took place at varied locations in Hyderabad and Vizag.

The lyricist of this movie Sirivennela Seetharama Shastry played a cameo role of Journalist Swami.

Incidentally, the actor (Nanduri Ramakrishna) who enacted the role of the boss of Sirivennela Seetharama Shastry and Revathy, later became a relative to Sirivennela Seetharama Shastry in real life, when Seetharama Shastry's daughter married his son.

Assistant Director Uttej and Annapurna Studios' Production Manager Manik Rao played uncredited cameos in this movie. However, both of them played extended roles in the movie 'Shiva'.

In this movie, Revathy's voice was dubbed by Rohini (Late Raghuvaran's ex-wife), and Urmila's voice was dubbed by Rajitha.

Loosely inspired from Mario Puzo's popular novel 'Godfather', this movie is credited for giving a fresh lease of life Jagapathi Babu's career as a solo hero.

This movie was re-released years after its initial Telugu release in Hindi as "Satya the Sarkar" (2007)

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